"Lords of the Rising Sun Lords of the Rising Sun is a 1989 video game by Cinemaware, game design and art by Doug Barnett, released for the Amiga among other systems. Like the earlier ""Defender of the Crown"", it was a mix of map-based strategy and arcade-style mini games as the player, playing as one of the famous Japanese generals Yoshitsune or Yoritomo, fights to pacify Japan by force. In the short documentary ""The Total War Story"", Mike Simpson, studio director for the company Creative Assembly said that the company's ""Total War"" series of games had been influenced by ""Lords"
"Land of the Rising Sun (anthem) ""Land of the Rising Sun"" was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, in south-eastern Nigeria. The tune was adopted from Sibelius' ""Finlandia"", and written by Nnamdi Azikiwe. Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,<br> Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;<br> We must defend our lives or we shall perish,<br> We shall protect our lives from all our foes;<br> But if the price is death for all we hold dear,<br> Then let us die without a shred of fear.<br> Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,<br> O fatherland, this be"
"the humanist call:<br> To give and not to count the cost’ each day;<br> Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,<br> To make this clime a land of righteousness.<br> Land of the Rising Sun (anthem) ""Land of the Rising Sun"" was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, in south-eastern Nigeria. The tune was adopted from Sibelius' ""Finlandia"", and written by Nnamdi Azikiwe. Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,<br> Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;<br> We must defend our lives or we shall perish,<br> We shall protect our lives from all our foes;<br>"
"descendant Ninigi: the mirror, Yata no Kagami; the jewel, Yasakani no Magatama; and the sword, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Collectively, the sacred mirror, jewel, and sword became the three Imperial Regalia of Japan. Ninigi is said to be descended from Amaterasu and Takamimusubi and was sent to watch over the Japanese Islands, with the imperial regalia, which were growing unstable. Ninigi used the imperial regalia bestowed upon him to prove he was descended from Amaterasu. Ninigi's descendant Jimmu became the first emperor of Japan. Jimmu settled on the island of Honshu and founded the Land of the Rising sun in 660 BCE. The"
"Empire of the Sun Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story ""The Dead Time"" (published in the anthology ""Myths of the Near Future""), it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II. The name of the novel is derived from the etymology of the name for Japan. Ballard later wrote of his experiences in China as a boy and the making of the film of the"
"description of Japan as the ""Land of the Rising Sun"". ""Nichi"", in compounds, often loses the final ""chi"" and creates a slight pause between the first and second syllables of the compound. When romanised, this pause is represented by a doubling of the first consonant of the second syllable; thus ""nichi"" plus ""kō"" (light) is written and pronounced ""nikkō"", meaning sunlight. Japanese and were historically pronounced ""niti"" (or ""jitu"", reflecting a Late Middle Chinese pronunciation) and ""pon"", respectively. In compounds, however, final voiceless stops (i.e. ""p"", ""t"", ""k"") of the first word were unreleased in Middle Chinese, and the pronunciation"
"The Rising Sun The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945, by John Toland, was published by Random House in 1970 and won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. It was republished by Random House in 2003. A chronicle of the World War II rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the Japanese perspective, it is in the author's words, ""a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as"
"Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Hirohito. On 1 August 1943, the Japanese declared Burma an independent nation - State of Burma - under Ba Maw. Aung San was appointed War Minister, and the army was again renamed, this time as the Burma National Army (BNA). Aung San soon became doubtful about Japanese promises of true independence and of Japan's ability to win the war. As William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim put it: It was not long before Aung San found that what he meant by independence had little relation to what the Japanese were prepared to give—that he"
"and private use. The exact origin of the ""Hinomaru"" is unknown, but the rising sun seems to have had some symbolic meaning since the early 7th century (the Japanese archipelago is east of the Asian mainland, and is thus where the sun ""rises""). In 607, an official correspondence that began with ""from the Emperor of the rising sun"" was sent to Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui. Japan is often referred to as ""the land of the rising sun"". In the 12th-century work, ""The Tale of the Heike"", it was written that different samurai carried drawings of the sun on their"
"China by opening his letter with the phrase, ""The sovereign of the land where the sun rises is sending this mail to the sovereign of the land where the sun sets"" as seen in the kanji characters for Japan (Nippon) thus indicating that sun's full strength originates with Japan and China receives the waning sun. By 670 a variant of this expression, ""Nihon"", established itself as the official name of the nation, which has persisted to this day. In 645, the Soga clan were overthrown in a coup launched by Prince Naka no Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder"
"in northern South America and the Caribbean while ""Rising Sun"" is set in Japan, in the North Pacific, and on the west coast of North America. Six of the seven ""Stretching Out"" stories were previously released electronically in the online version of the Grantville Gazette in serial form, starting with Volume 11 and continuing in six installments until Volume 21. This part contains two threads, one centering on Maria Vorst, a Grantville-trained downtimer who heads an expedition to what is now Suriname to set up a colony that could export rubber, bauxite, minerals, tropical products, and other natural resources that"
"the Rising Sun, first class in 1889. Shungaku died at age of 63 in 1890. His death poem is ""Even if I become one of countless souls, I would soar up to heaven and protect Emperor's reign for our nation (Naki-kazu-ni/Yoshiya-iru-tomo/Amakakeri/Miyo-wo-Mamoramu/Sume-kuni-no-tame)"". His tomb is located at the temple Kaian-ji in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Matsudaira Yoshinaga , also known as Matsudaira Keiei, or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese ""daimyō"" of the Edo period. He was head of the Fukui Domain in Echizen Province. He is counted as one of the , along with Date Munenari, Yamauchi Yōdō and"
"Mashriq The Mashriq (, also Mashreq, Mashrek) is the historical region of the Arab world to the east of Egypt (sometimes including Egypt and Sudan). This comprises the modern states of Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. Poetically the ""place of sunrise"", the name is derived from the verb ""sharaqa"" ( ""to shine, illuminate, radiate"" and ""to rise""), referring to the east, where the sun rises. As the word ""Mashriq"" refers to countries bounded between the Mediterranean Sea and Iran, it is the companion term to ""Maghreb"" (),"
"of the Rising Sun"". His work, along with those of John David Provoo and W. F. Matthews, fellow ""Lost Battalion"" prisoners of war, has served as a useful historical reference for the experience of American prisoners of war held in Japan. Fujita's father was born in a village near Nagasaki, Japan, and after learning English while at school he was sent to the United States to learn American methods of agriculture. Arriving in June 1914, he took a Western name and became embroiled in gambling in Los Angeles. He worked for the Salvation Army before training as a chef on"
"spending, worked phenomenally well. Japanese corporations as a result exported and still export massive amounts of high quality products from ""the Land of the Rising Sun"". Another amazing economic success story is that of South Korea's, also referred to as the Miracle on the Han River. The country was left impoverished after the Korean War, and until the early 1970s was among the world's poorest countries (even poorer than North Korea). However, it was since able to recover with double digit annual growth rates. Many conglomerates, also known as chaebols, such as Samsung, LG Corp, Hyundai, Kia, SK Group, and"
"Japan Japan (; ""Nippon"" or ""Nihon"" ; formally """" or ""Nihon-koku"", lit. ""State of Japan"") is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south. The kanji that make up Japan's name mean ""sun origin"", and it is often called the ""Land of the Rising Sun"". Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which"
"it happened—muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."" The Rising Sun The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945, by John Toland, was published by Random House in 1970 and won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. It was republished by Random House in 2003. A chronicle of the World War II rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the Japanese perspective, it is in the author's words, ""a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of"
"Rising is the revolutionary movement featured in the book, which seeks to reform or overthrow the ruling hierarchy to achieve fair treatment and justice for all human races. It comprises The Sons of Ares (the rebellious organization that originally started the movement), The Sun Industries (their financier), several Obsidian tribes and part of the fleet of the Lion House of Mars. Their characters include: The Society is the tyrannical government that has ruled the whole solar system but lost control of all planets beyond the asteroid belt before the start of the book. It characters include: ""Morning Star"" is the"
"are ""victims of a transitional period"", and ends the letter addressing Mr. Uehara once again as M.C., this time ""My Comedian"". The Setting Sun refers to how Japan, the ""Land of the Rising Sun"" was in a period of decline after World War II. In her last letter to Mr. Uehara, Kazuko says that Japan is struggling against the old morality, ""like the sun"". The black snake can be seen as a symbol of death. There was a snake present when her father died, and also a snake present when her mother died. Also, at their old house, there was"
"an Indian flavour (for example, the Crimson Fort rather than the Red Fort). Also, a few clues are left in the first six books regarding the culture of Chrysoprais - for example, in the Japanese-inspired land of Akatsurai featured in ""Lords of the Rising Sun"", there is a religion following the ""Sage of Peace"" which is clearly based on Buddhism. If the player fails in a quest relating to the Sage of Peace, they can travel west to ""the saint of Vulture Peak"" (found in Chrysoprais) to seek redemption and enlightenment. This suggests that people in both Chrysoprais and Akatsurai"
"has similarities with the Chinese tale of the fictional hero Houyi, sometimes referred to as the Archer, who is credited with saving the world by shooting down nine of the suns when one day all ten took to the air simultaneously. Some scholars have identified the bronze trees found at the archaeological site Sanxingdui with these Fusang trees. The term Fusang would later designate 'Japan' in Chinese poetry. Since Japanese ""Nihon"" (日本, lit. 'Root [""i.e."" source, birthplace, origin] of the Sun') or Chinese ""Riben"" was a name of Japan, some Tang dynasty poets believed Fusang ""lay between the mainland and"
"the Rising Sun from Japan and the Legion d’Honneur from France and is a Commandeur of Arts and Letters of the French Republic. In 2013, Serageldin and the BA received the Calouste Gulbenkian International Prize for thoughts and actions that make a decisive contribution to, and have significant impact on understanding, defending and fostering the universal values of respect for diversity and difference, a culture of tolerance and the conservation of the environment. He has also received the Pablo Neruda Medal from Chile, India’s Bajaj Prize for upholding Gandhian values outside India, and was the first recipient of the Grameen"
"its major contributions to science and modern technology. The Japanese word for Japan is , which is pronounced ""Nihon"" or ""Nippon"" and literally means ""the origin of the sun"". The character means ""sun"" or ""day""; means ""base"" or ""origin"". The compound therefore means ""origin of the sun"" and is the source of the popular Western epithet ""Land of the Rising Sun"". The earliest record of the name ""Nihon"" appears in the Chinese historical records of the Tang dynasty, the ""Old Book of Tang"". At the end of the seventh century, a delegation from Japan requested that ""Nihon"" be used as"
"in Istanbul. Anno then realized that the sun which was just setting in front of him was at the very same time, a rising sun in some other country. This meant that this same sun was going down in a country at war and at that same time, it was rising in a country at peace. ""School Library Journal"" said it was ""a great success at conveying the warmth, richness, and variety of people"" and Booklist noted that it ""promotes peace and mutual understanding among children around the world."" All in a Day All in a Day is a 1986"
"to challenge the dominance of the established powers. Almost an unknown quantity until recently, the Empire of the Blazing Sun came of age in the 1830s when, after a long and gruelling war, it took possession of the Kingdom of Korea. Among other boons gained after the conquest was the secret of poison gas manufacture. Now, as the 'Little Giant' of the Pacific seeks to expand its influence, it has for the first time encountered the industrial and commercial agencies of the established powers. As much as the Empress wishes to avoid conflict, it appears that the Empire of the"
"sun rises. [後稍習夏音惡倭名更號日本使者自言國近日所出以為名] Some say, (on the other hand), that Japan was a small country which had been subjugated by the Wa, and that the latter took over its name. As this envoy was not truthful, doubt still remains. [或雲日本乃小國為倭所並故冒其號使者不以情故疑焉] [The envoy] was, besides, boastful, and he said that the domains of his country were many thousands of square ""li"" and extended to the ocean on the south and on the west. In the northeast, he said, the country was bordered by mountain ranges beyond which lay the land of the hairy men. (145, tr. Tsunoda 1951:40) Subsequent Chinese histories"
"with the mission of establishing direct diplomatic ties with The Land of the Rising Sun. He travelled from London to Washington, D.C. to meet his colleague Fabio Lozano Torrijos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States and afterwards travelled to Montreal where he travelled by train to Vancouver and sailed off to Japan by way of Honolulu. He arrived to the port of Yokohama, Japan on 20 April 1934 and travelled from there to Tokyo, where on 28 April 1934 he presented his Letters of Credence to Emperor Hirohito. Born 28 March 1975 in the town"
"land area: at its apex, the phrase ""the empire on which the sun never sets"" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread throughout the ""Western World"". In the aftermath of the Second World War, decolonizing efforts were employed by all Western powers under United Nations (ex-League of Nations) international directives. Though the overt colonial era has passed, Western nations, as comparatively rich, well-armed, and culturally powerful states,"
"proclaimed state is South Sudan in 2011. The degree of autonomy of non-sovereign countries varies widely. Some are possessions of sovereign states, as several states have overseas territories (such as French Polynesia or the British Virgin Islands), with citizenry at times identical and at times distinct from their own. Such territories, with the exception of distinct dependent territories, are usually listed together with sovereign states on lists of countries, but may nonetheless be treated as a separate ""country of origin"" in international trade, as Hong Kong is. The Kingdom of Denmark, a sovereign state, comprises Mainland Denmark and two nominally"
"City of the Sun (Maio novel) City of the Sun is a novel by Juliana Maio, published by Greenleaf Book Group in March 2014. The novel, which blends historical fiction with spy fiction and romantic fiction, is set in Cairo in 1941 during the North Africa Campaign of World War II. Though a work of fiction, it centers around true historical events and ""connects the root of much of today's turmoil in the Middle East with the Axis-Allied struggle from control of the Suez Canal, and the early history of the Muslim Brotherhood."" The author was born to a Jewish"
"""Sophie and the Rising Sun"" takes place in a small fictional town called Salty Creek, Georgia, in the days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The story focuses on the main character Sophie, a single spinster who has spent the majority of her adult life caring for her aging mother and two elderly aunts, who suffer from dementia. Sophie's mother is controlling during her childhood and early adult years, refusing to allow Sophie to date, telling her ""Nothing lasts, so no use in getting started with it."" Some speculation over her past love affair with a man who had died"
"south; and the sea lies on all sides. The land is high in the east and low in the west. (tr. Tsunoda 1951:28) In 607 CE, the ""Sui Shu"" records that ""King Tarishihoko"" (a mistake for Empress Suiko) sent an envoy, Buddhist monks, and tribute to Emperor Yang. Her official message is quoted using the word ""Tiānzǐ"" ""Son of Heaven; Chinese Emperor"". ""The Son of Heaven in the land where the sun rises addresses a letter to the Son of Heaven in the land where the sun sets. We hope you are in good health."" When the Emperor saw this"
"that the Kofun-era Japanese (at least of that area) had begun viewing their realm to be a complete and divinely-appointed ""tianxia"" in its own right, separate from the ""tianxia"" of the older and larger Chinese empire. According to the ""Book of Sui"", the Yamato king in 607 sent a hand-written epistle to Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty in which he called himself the ""Son of Heaven in the Land of the Rising Sun"" (), showing that the Japanese notion of their independent ""tianxia"" had continued to that time. With the development of ""Ritsuryō"" in 7th-century Japan, a Sino-centric concept"